Rail fastener



Nov. 3, '1925.

W. DALTQN RAIL FASTENER File Feb., 2. 1.925

Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM DALTON, OF SCHENECTADYLNEW YORK.`

RAIL FASTENER.

Application linea February 2, 1925. serieu Nol 6,409.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLTAM DALTON, a citizen of the United States,` and resident of the city and county of Schenectady, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rail Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for removably securing rails to metal ties, and particularly to ties of the channel section or inverted U-shape, such as are now in use on some railroads.

The present invention is a modification of that of my prior Patent No. 1,512,458 of f October 21 1924 and involves the same inventive idea but in a different embodiment. The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a tie and rail, the latter in section through the web, with the new fastening means;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The patent aforesaid, and an application of even date herewith, describe and claim fastening means secured to the ties, which present an abutment having a substantially vertical face for one edge of the rail flange, and an overhanging abutment for the other edge, the latter abutment being at a greater angle to the horizontal than the top of the rail flange, whereby the rail can be removed from the tie by simply tilting it about the flange edge under said overhanging abutment as a fulcrum. One way of applying such abutments to ties of channel section constitutes the present invention.

Instead of fastening the means carrying the abutments described to the top of the tie, I propose, in accordance with this invention, to secure such means to the sides of the ties. To this end, I provide plates 3, fastened, for example, by rivets 8 tothe legs of the channel tie 2, and cut out said plates to present a recess for the rail flange, bounded on one side by an abutment 4, having a vertical face 5to engage the adjacent edge of the rail flange, and on the other side by an overhanging abutment 6 to project over the adjacent rail flange, the face 7 of said overhanging abutment being at a greater angle to the horizontal than the top of said flange,

whereby removability of the rail by tilting i it is provided for.

As explained in the application of even date aforesaid, it is necessary to provide means to insulate the rail from the metal ties, in order that the former may be used as conductors of a signal system and, to that end, I provide an insulating pad 10, of fibre, treated canvas, or the like which lies on the tie beneath the rail and which is slit to form tongues 11 and 12, which fit between the abutments 4 and 6, respectively, and a flat tongue which lies on the tie between the abutments 4, 4, and 6, 6, to prevent shifting of the pad.

The advantages of the device described will be apparent from the above description, and it will readily be seen that it provides a simple and cheap means for removably securing rails to ties of the type mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. Means to removably secure rails to metal ties of inverted U-shape, comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the sides of the tie, one end of said plate extending above the tie and having a vertical face to engage the adjacent edge of the rail flange, and the other end of said plate extending above the tie to engage and overlap the adj acent edge of said flange, the angle of the overlapping portion being steeper than that of the top of the flange, whereby the rail can be removed by tilting it.

2. The combination with an inverted channel-shaped metal tie, of means to removably secure the rail thereto, comprising plates adapted to be fastened to the sides of said tie, each plate comprising an abutment extending above the tie and having a substantially plane vertical face adapted to contact with the adjacent edge of the rail ange, and another abutment having a portion eX- tending above the tie and inwardly to overlap the other edge of the rail flange, the angle ofl said overlapping portion to the horizontal being greater than the angle of the top of the. rail flange, whereby the rail can be removed without disturbing the plates.

3. Means to secure rails to metal ties of trough shape, consisting of plates adapted to be fastened to the sides of the ties and having a vertical abutment for one edge of the rail flange and an overlapping abutment for the other edge, the latter abutment being at such an angle that the rail flange can be dsengagedfrom the straight faced abutment by tilting it about the edge under the overlapping abutment as a fulorum, t and means to insulatel the rail from the tie and said. plates.

4. A plate to removably fasten rails to trough-Shaped ties, Comprising a body por` ton adapted to be rigidly secured to a leg of the channel, an upstandng lug at one end to engage one edge of the rail flange, an upstandng lug at the other end having a portion to extend over the other edge of said flange but kat such an angle as to permit tilting of the rail to remove it from the ties, .and means adapted to be interposed between said tie, rail and said plates to insulate the rails from the'. ties.

VILLIAM DALTON. 

